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Following is a complete list of American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) pilots. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The AVG was operational from December 20, 1941, to July 14, 1942. The press continued to apply the Flying Tigers name to later units, but pilots of those organizations are not included.
Gérard Moss, MBE [1] [2] [3] (born 16 May 1955, died 16 March 2022) was a Swiss-Brazilian pilot, engineer, public speaker, environmentalist and explorer born in England.As a pilot, Gerard was known for being the first person to complete a solo flight in a motor glider around the world.
Heather Penney – Former Air Force major and F-16 fighter pilot whose mission (along with three other pilots, including USAF Major Daniel Caine, Captain Brandon Rasmussen and Lieutenant General Marc Sasseville) on 9/11 was to find United Flight 93 and destroy it however they could, including ramming the aircraft.
Moss was married three times: his marriages to Helen Sandra Rusetos [12] and to Ann Holbrook ended in divorce. [13] Moss married Tina Morse in 2019, after dating since 2016. [14] They lived in Bel Air, California and Maui, Hawaii. [14] He died from natural causes at his Bel Air home on August 16, 2023, at the age of 88. [15] [16]
Carlo Schmid, youngest solo pilot to fly around the world; Jon Scott, American journalist, anchor for Fox News channel; Al Secord, former NHL player; Ryan Shore, Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated composer for film, television, games, theater and records; Nevil Shute, popular British novelist; successful aeronautical engineer; Dean Smith, American ...
Between 1962 and 1972, the Test Pilot School expanded its role to include astronaut training for military test pilots. [4] Thirty-seven TPS graduates of this era were selected for the U.S. space program, and twenty-six went on to earn astronaut's wings by flying in the X-15 , Gemini , Apollo , and Space Shuttle programs. [ 5 ]
American pioneering aviator and test pilot who made the first high-altitude flights by man using Montgomery gliders in 1905. [130] (†) Glider, Santa Clara, California. Hiram Stevens Maxim: 5 Feb 1840 24 Nov 1916 United States (United Kingdom) Science Design Construction Rotor Propeller
Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.